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- 3. Isaac Newton was the original discoverer of this type of math.
- 7. Newton's concept dominated the modern worldview until Albert _________ concept of relativity gave a new picture of the universe.
- 11. This fruit fell from the tree (Some say on Newton's head) and inspired Isaac Newton to develop his law of universal gravitation.
- 12. During the Scientific Revolution, discoveries in _________ led to a new conception of the universe.
- 13. Drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 15. Isaac Newton’s theory of _________helps us to understand the rainbow — he refracted white light with a prism.
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- 1. This universal law explains why the planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits about the sun.
- 2. In the Principia, Newton defined the three laws of motion that govern the ________ bodies, as well as objects on Earth.
- 4. The Enlightenment thinkers reasoned that if Newton was able to discover the natural laws that governed the physical world, then by applying what type of method they would be able to discover the natural laws that governed human society?
- 5. Newton's ideas created a new picture of the __________. It was now seen as one huge, regulated, uniform machine that worked according to natural laws.
- 6. Newton believed that the physical world and everything in it was like a giant "world machine," operating according to what type of law that could be uncovered through systematic investigation?
- 8. Isaac Newton's major work was Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy or this ______________.
- 9. Who was the English physicist who attended Cambridge University and later became a professor of mathematics there?
- 10. What subject played a key role in the scientific achievements during the scientific revolution?
- 14. How many laws of motion did Isaac Newton create?